The true church resembles this field. The faithful of every rank, age, and sex have but one heart and one mind. According to their state, and degree of faith, all are animated to labour in the cause of God; as the reapers and gleaners endeavour to secure the rich sheaves, and even the single ears of grain, from the gathering storm.

It is scarcely necessary to inform the intelligent reader that the Portrait of St. Paul was originally intended for publication in the author’s native country, to which its arguments and quotations apply with peculiar propriety. It may be more necessary to observe, that, had the life of Mr. Fletcher been prolonged, the traits of St. Paul’s moral character would have been rendered abundantly more copious and complete.